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October:In which Mum, Grandma and I met up for lunch with my Aunt, we attended the wedding of a couple from church, and Racheal turned 25:

November:In which: Grandma turned 93, and Scott and Savannah came up for Thanksgiving.

December:I which we got a new (used) couch, chair and ottoman, and celebrated Christmas...

We do not usually celebrate Christmas on December 25th if that day lands on a Sunday, however, this past year, for Grandma's sake, we had a small celebration with her out in her apartment in the evening. Also for Grandma's sake (being her first Christmas without Grandpa it was a little hard on her), Mom stayed home with her, and the two of them went over to visit Grandma's cousin Helen in the nursing home, and spent the afternoon with her. On Monday we had our "big" Christmas, just the four of us.

And that folks, is my 2016, in brief review...I hope you have enjoyed!

~Katherine

Several weeks ago I told certain folks that I would get this recipe posted "soon"...but that has been several weeks ago.Sorry for your wait...here it is!

Gluten and Grain Free Pizza Crust

3 eggs

1/2 cup yogurt

3/4 cup coconut flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

Add fresh or dried garlic, oregano and basil if you desire

Combine ingredients, and mix well.Pat out (or spread out with a rubber blade [or "spatula"]) on a parchment paper lined baking stone. You can use a parchment lined cookie sheet as well if you don't have a round baking stone...you'll just have a rectangular pizza! :)

Bake at 375 F* for 20 minutes.

Remove from the oven and place a second parchment sheet over the crust, take it by the corners, and quickly flip. It may take a few pizza's before you get this part down perfect without cracking the crust. But you'll get the hang of it! :) Or, you could place another cookie sheet or baking stone over the top of the crust, and flip the whole thing.OR, you could just omit the whole step. The only purpose it probably serves, it to ensure the maximum "dryness" of your crust...aka: helps to prevent the bottom of your crust getting soggy.

Then top with whatever sauce and toppings you desire, and pop it back in the oven just long enough to melt your cheese!

I usually go ahead and turn the oven off when I take out the crust, as I have been making the sauce while it is baking, and so am ready to put on the toppings right away, and so the oven is still plenty warm.

Just a note about your sauce...Make sure that it is not too "soupy" and thin, or your crust will become soggy...which I don't think anyone particularly relishes.

This recipe does make a pretty thin crusted pizza, so if you don't like thin crusts, it might not be the one for you. You could try making a thicker crust, by doubling the recipe and not patting it out as thin, and you'll probably need to bake it longer.

BUT the cool thing about this recipe, is that...drum-roll-please...You can pick it up and eat it with your hands!! Hot or cold.

And for anyone else who has ever tried and failed to find GAPS and SCD diet approved pizza crust recipe's using coconut flour, that you can pick up and eat like "normal", you will understand that enthusiasm!!

Give it a whirl! I hope you'll enjoy your pizza!

When I am baking, I usually add about 1/2 to 3/4 of my flour with a whisk, and add in the last bit with a spoon. This helps work out more of the lumps that don't like to mix together when one is using coconut flour...

You should be able to "pat" the dough with your fingers, without hardly any of it sticking to you...that means it is about the right consistency!

Due to different brands/batches of coconut flour, their consistencies will be slightly different (some finer, some more coarse), as any one who has worked with coconut flour for any length of time will know. Therefore, sometimes you can use the same measurement of flour, but have a product that comes out wetter or dryer the first time you made it than the second...

For that reason, I would appreciate it if "food bloggers" would share "consistency" photo's...but they rarely do. The consistency of your pizza "dough", should look about like this...

Don't forget to grease your parchment paper!

This part can be a little time consuming, but have patience...not too thin, not too think...

Don't forget to patch the holes that may form!

Your hand may get a little sticky-like this... If that grosses you out...well...sorry.

If you don't like this method, you could try using a little less flour or a little more liquid (thus making a "wetter" dough), and spreading it out with a rubber blade.